Bow & Bridge Violin and bow makers, as the old books printed them

Contreras

Madrid · b. about 1710, d. about 1780

Historical maker

Named in 3 books.

Also recorded as: Contreras, José

What the books printed

An encyclopedia of the violin, Alberto Bachmann. 1925. Page 19, scan 41. Held as more than one scan.
CONTRERAS, JOSÉ, Madrid, b. about 1710, d. about 1780.
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Die Geigen- und Lautenmacher vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart, 1904. Page 113, scan 135.
Contreras, José. — Madrid. Geb. um 1710, † um 1780.
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Old violins, Haweis, H. R. (Hugh Reginald). Edinburgh, Grant, 1905. Page 245, scan 269.
CONTRERAS, son of Joseph Contreras.
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  • Entries from 3 books stand under this name, and somebody judged them different people. That is being looked at again.

Same name

Whether any of these is the same person, the books do not say.

Same town, same time

8 other Madrid makers have a year in the 1700s. A few of them:

All Madrid makers